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Thanks for all they comments guys.

Richard -
There's a local exotic wood dealer that had some very small pieces of Brazilian rosewood.

Thanks Richard.

This was my first time working with that wood. It's got to be the most dense stuff I've ever used. Not cheap up our way either! It started taking a polish when I was sanding it...

The blade took a lot of aggressive grinding to get rid of the pitting - and it's still not all gone. I tried to get it back up to a mirror shine, but I don't seem to have the patience for that....

Here are the before pics.

I'm just looking forward to making more scales!

Hello guys -
When I first decided to try a straight razor, I went a little nuts on ebay. Picked up 10 or 15 rusty old blades...and now, 7 months later I have my first finished product. I cleaned up...